Colon irrigator or bidet



M. E. BERRY Dec. 29, 1931.

COLON IRRIGATOR OR BIDET Filed June lO, 1950 Patented Dec. 29, 1931UMTED STA-TES MARGARET E. BERRY, OF LOS NGELES, CALIFORNIAV COLONIRRIGATORIOR BIDET Application led .Tune 10, 1930. Serial No. 460,185.

This invention relates to bidets or colon irrigators. p

It is an object of this invention to provide an instrument of this classwhich may be readily attached to and removed from any convenient seatelement and over a receptacle so as to facilitate treatment of patientsrequiring an internal wash either with pure water or by a prescribedsolution of remedial efl" fect.

Further, an object is to provide a bidet of simple, substantial,practical and efficient construction, which provides fora desired degreeof adjustment in adaptation to the l* patient. Especially, an object isto provide an instrument of this class which can be thoroughlysterilized and kept in a sanitary condition, this being made possible bythe simplicity of the several elements and the ease il with which theymay be assembled and disassembled.

The invention consists of certain advancements in this art as set forthin the ensuing disclosure, and having, with the above, additionalobjects and advantages, and Whose construction, combination and detailsof means, and the manner of operation will be made manifest in thefollowing description of the herewith illustrative apparatus; it beingunderstood that modifications, variations and adaptations may beresorted to within the scope, principle and spirit of the invention asit is more particularly claimed hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a plan of the bidet as applied to a closet seat.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a cross-section on line 3 3, of

H Fig. 2.

AFigure l is a detail of a fastening screw and clamp.

Figure 5 is a perspectiveV of one form ot' base plate of the device.

Figure 6 is a plan of a modiiied form of base plate.

The instrument embodies a base. plate 2 through which extends a rigid,fixed guide column 3 in which is slidable a stiftl pipe 4' m heldagainst rotation as by a spline or key 5,

and clamped in a desired position by a set screw 6.

The upper end of the pipe 4 is adapted for the attachment of a tube ofhose 7 which may be attached directly to a water faucet or to anelevated container of water or desired treatment solution for` gravityflow to the instrument.

The lower end of the pipe 4 is bent laterally at 8 and terminates in anupright nipple 9 to which may be applied a desired flexible nozzle 10,shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

To facilitate the attachment of the device to any desired or convenientseat part 11, as of a closet bowl, a set of stout stay-screws 12 isapplied to the lower face of the seat 11 and provided with Wing-nuts 13to be run up tight against the applied base piate 2. To enable readyapplication and removal of the base to the screws 12 it is provided witha suitable number of open-mouth slots 14 in its rear edge to pass ontothe shanks of the screws. The front edge of the base 2 is shown ascurved to more or less conform to the curvature of the hole 11 in theseat 11.

In Fig. 5 the pipe 3 is shown as disposed near the rear edge of the base2 and this necessitates the cutting out of the near part of the rearedge of the seat hole. In order to avoid this cutting of the seat thebase 2 may have the pipe 3 mounted in a forwardly projecting lug 2. Thispresents the pipe in a position in front of the rear edge of the hole sothat the seat need not be cut.

Just below the nipple 9 ofthe pipe 4 is secured an oval collar 15, onbracket arms 16, which constitutes a support for the rectum.

Thus the device comprises a completelyv demountable unit readilyattachable to the seat. Its ladjustability enables comfortableadaptation, and its simplicity and low cost enable purchase and usegenerally in institutions and homes where patients require the intendedtreatment.

An advantage of the instrument is that the patient does not have toleave the seat during the full period of treatment.

What is claimed is 1. A portable bidet adapted for ready at- Y tachmentto and removal from a seat element having projecting bolt shanks andinoluding a pipe, a, base plate in which the pipe is adjustably mountedto raise or lower the nozzle of the bidet and Which is provided With aset of open mouth slots in its rear edge to pass onto said Shanks, andmeans to clamp the base in place on the Shanks.

2. A bidet comprising a base plate, a tubular guide fixedperpendioularly therethrough, a pipe non-turnable slidable in the guideto raise and lower the bidet outlet and having` its lower part forwardlyund upwardly bent and terminating in a nipple adapted to receive anozzle, and a rectum supporting collar fixed, below the nipple, to theup-turned part of the pipe. v

MARGARET E. BERRY.V

